JwtToken

Class for working with JSON Web Token.

note

Class should be used in backend.

Import

ES5

const { JwtToken } = require("js-ts-kit");

ES6

import { JwtToken } from "js-ts-kit";

Creating Tokens

Code

import { JwtToken } from "js-ts-kit";
import jwt from "jsonwebtoken";

async function main() {
  const jwtToken = new JwtToken("12345", jwt);
  jwtToken.create({ id: 1 });
}

Output

eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9
  .eyJzdWIiOiIxMjM0NTY3ODkwIiwiaWQiOjEsImlhdCI6MTUxNjIzOTAyMn0
  .qbkPu51ruczq9jWaoHR6jDbyU6q06QZoSVX98zboWvg;

Decoding Tokens

Code

import { JwtToken } from "js-ts-kit";
import jwt from "jsonwebtoken";

async function main() {
  const jwtToken = new JwtToken("12345", jwt);
  const tokenToDecode =
    "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzdWIiOiIxMjM0NTY3ODkwIiwiaWQiOjEsImlhdCI6MTUxNjIzOTAyMn0.qbkPu51ruczq9jWaoHR6jDbyU6q06QZoSVX98zboWvg";
  jwtToken.decode(tokenToDecode);
}

Output

{
  "sub": "1234567890",
  "id": 1,
  "iat": 1516239022
}

Reference

note

Check out jwt.io if you need online tool for creating jwt token or checking jwt token's payload.

Check out jsonwebtoken npm package for more information on working with JSON Web Tokens.

Create Object / Object Properties

new JwtToken(secret, jwt)

Name	Type	Static	Description
secret	string	no	secret to use for creating and decoding JWT tokens
jwt		no	instance from importing jsonwebtoken package

Methods

static create(payload, options)

Parameters

Name	Type	Default Value
payload	object
options	object	{}

Returns

• Type: string

• Description: JsonWebToken as string

static decode(token, options)

Parameters

Name	Type	Default Value
token	string
options	object	{}

Returns

• Type: object

• Description: payload of token